Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-12-14
The RAILWAY WORLD.
10 o.
Gress Extensions i'm the San
Joaquin Valley.
NEy RAILROAD TO SANTA ANA.
Sec fling the Right-Of-Way in the
sJity for he y. p, l.. A K U.
X. R.--0ther News.

The inhabitants Of the San Joaquin
Valley are, just at present, very much
exci'ei at the railroad work now going
On AMI proposed there, They claim
that the climate and soil OF the vale.
cannot be excelled anywhere, and that
all that part Of the country needed to
develop it and make the owners OF
property wealthy was railroads. And
w that the railroads propose to al
most ''glidiron" the vallry, they think
their prayers have at last been an
swefed.
Mr.. w. G. Ambrose, Division Road
master OF the Southern Pacific Com
pany, with headquarters at Tu
lare, Was in the city Monday
and said, in an interview
with the HERALD's representative,
that the valley Was crowded with rail
road men who were hard at work
grading, surveying and track ing
The Operations Of the Southern Pa
citic company alone are most extern
sive. AS stated in the HERALD the
other day, IL force of 500 men, with
their camping outfit, teams, scrapers,
file, have just been landed there, and
these went to work yesterday morn
ing at Fresno This line will run from
Fresno, fourteen miles directly east to
the tooth lis, where it will turn north
and south, running in the latter direc.
ton, along the foothills, and parallel
to the Southern Pacific company's
main line until just before it gets OPP
posite Paso, wnen it will gradually
turn west, still following the foothills
to Paso, where it connects with the
main line OF the southern Pacific COM
pany. Between Fresno and Goshen,
the line will cross Kings river. At
the point directly east OF Fresno the
line will turn north toward Oakland.
After running north few miles 1t
crosses the San joaquin river, and
continues on almost para lei to the
main line, crossing the Southern Pa
cfic's branch running from Berenda
to Raymond. At Raymond, q few
miles further north, it crosses the
MERGED river, ami connects at Oakdale
with u branch of the Southern Pacific
Co. IS, that runs from Stockton to that
point.
The road will open up most valu-
able territory, and it is believed will
be an excellent Investment. The
Southern Pacific Co. first started to
build line from Sycamore southeast
erly to the foothills, and south to
Paso, but the branch from Sycamore
will not now be built, owing TO the
above change in the route. From
n reed it is proposed to build road
81 miles long to the new lines, and Il
similar line twenty miles long will be
built from Modesto and Oakdale. The
road now running from Berenda to
Raymond is to be extended out to
the Yosemite Falls on the MERGED
river. AT Goshen there is now road
built to Visalia. owned by citizens OF
both these places. The citizens OF
Visalia are now buildings moter road
from that place to lulare. South
west Of Visalia, near Lake Tulare, Il
land and improvement company owns
a very large tract of land, and it pro-
poses to build line of road from their
place to 1ulare, where iC will turn
southeast and run to the foothills.
The foregoing detail of the railroads
proposed and under construction in
the easr side of the San Joaquin VAL
lev. OperAti ms on the west side are
almost as extensive. The s 'uthern
Pacific Company now has u roai
running from Tracy to point thirty
five miles directly south, or nearly
opposite MERGED, which is now on the
present uthern Pacific Line. A
large force OF graders are now
ut work at the end OF this
line graling southwark towards
Lake TulAre. They are moving at
the rate OF three-fourths of q mile per
day. This line will run almost di-
rectly south to Lake Tulare, passing
it on the east side, and running into
Bakersfield.
From Bakersfield it will run to
Pampa and connect With the main
line lust before it enters the Tehacbepi
Pass.
The Southern Pacific Company will
also extend their line, which now
runs from Goshen to Huron (forty
miles in lengthy westward for a con-
siderable distance. This is as much
as the Southern Pacific Company will
do in the valley. The Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe is also building a
line which will be equally as impor-
tant as any Of the Southern Pacitic's.
1t will run from Antioch, on the
west sid., south. plralleling the new
Southern Pacific line to Lake Tulare.
which it will also pass on the east
side, and into Bakersfield. From
Bakersfield it will turn westward to
TETON Pass.
Mr.. Ambrose vouches tor the cor
rectness OF the foregoing, and as his
is position that necessarily brings
him in contact with construction bust
ness his statements are perfectly re-
liable.